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Jo Frost, the Supernanny in the UK and US versions of the show

Supernanny is a British reality television programme that is also being shown in an adapted version in the United States. The nanny in both shows is Jo Frost.

The show features Jo Frost who, each episode, helps a family with children who are uncontrollable or excessively naughty. Using a variety of methods, she helps to show parents ways of disciplining their children and maintaining order in their households. She is noted for emphasizing praise and positive encouragement when dealing with children.

It first aired during the summer of 2004 in the United Kingdom and in January 2005 on the American Broadcasting Company in the United States. A few months later, the U.S. version of Supernanny debuted in Australia to successful ratings.

The show airs on Channel 4 in the UK, on ABC in the United States, on the Nine Network in Australia, in MBC 4 in the Middle East, in Catalonia in TV3, and on Cable tv in Japan. Its theme song is Be Good Johnny by Men At Work.

A German version exists with Katja Saalfrank (Katharina Saalfrank) as Supernanny, on RTL. There is a localised version on M6 in France, and there is also a Brazilian version with Argentinian Cris Poli as Supernanny.

In the Netherlands a similar programme exists, called 'Schatjes' with Fina van de Pol-Drent or Tischa Neve as nanny. The Netherlands also has its own version of Super Nanny.

Trivia

The US animated series Drawn Together spoofed the show in a 2005 episode. In the parody, Super Nanny tries to use her powers of discipline to take over the world. She first takes care of the superheroes by sending them to the Naughty Stool, then uses an army of mind-controlled children to invade the White House until Captain Hero appears. He stops her by stepping on her foot very hard, which makes her curse out loud, thus she herself gets sent to the Naughty Stool. At that moment the mind-controlled children break free and tear Super Nanny to shreds.[link]

The US animated series South Park spoofed the show in a 2006 episode "Tsst", though unlike the Drawn Together episode, the Supernanny parody was not the focus of the show. In the episode, which also features parodies of Nanny 911 and The Dog Whisperer, Super Nanny is one of the nannies called upon to discipline Eric Cartman but his behavior ends up driving her to a mental institution and eating her own excrement yelling "From hell, it's from hell!".

The Cartoon Network series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy spoofed the show by having the Nanny try to make people stop obeying Mandy's every command. The episode ended with Mandy ordering everyone in town to attack Mandy, which they do.

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